The Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Russian: Институт мировой экономики и международных отношений), or IMEMO, is an independent research institute based in Moscow, Russia. In August 2015 the Institute has changed its name to the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations to commemorate the name of its former director academician Yevgeny Primakov, who led the Institute from 1985–1989.
Founded in 1956 as a successor to the earlier Institute of World Economy and Politics (1925–1948), the institute is a non-profit organization acting within the Charter of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Directors of the Institute
1956–1965: Anoushavan Arzoumanian
1965–1966: Vladimir Aboltin (acting)
1966–1982: Nikolai N. Inozemtsev
1983–1985: Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev
1985–1989: Yevgeny Primakov
1989–2000: Vladlen Martynov
2000–2006: Nodari Simoniya
2006-2017: Alexander Dynkin (since 2016 - President)
Notable people
Vladimir Solovyov (TV presenter) - postgraduate studies